Associate ProfessorHolly High

What are you looking for in students under your supervision?

For potential PhD students:

• I'm highly selective when it comes to PhD students: I'll only take you on if I'm convinced you can complete a PhD in the Australian university ecology. We have to consider access funding, your ability to finish in the time allocated, and your existing background in anthropology;
• Willingness to do challenging fieldwork. I'm passionate about the potential of anthropology to contribute to changing the world for the better.  A big part of that is anthropology's commitment to cross-cultural understanding. I'm excited by students who have the ambition to take the opportunity of a PhD scholarship to do something truly amazing, possibly including learning a new language, spending a sustained period away from home, or learning about people very different from themselves during fieldwork;
• Willingness and evidence of the ability to work hard. This is more important to me than established experience in anthropology (although that is of course great and helps with qualifying in the first place!).

For potential Honours students:

• A love for anthropology and a curiosity about where it might take you.
• Commitment to writing the best thesis possible in the timeframe available. It is hard but worth it.

Are you looking for students to pursue any particular projects right now?

I'm open to hearing from you. But here is what I would love to supervise:

For potential PhD students:

• everyday economics in Laos (such as how people transfer money, make payments);
• the interface of Lao banking with global finance.

For potential Honours students:

• anthropology of women;
• birth and parenting in anthropology;
• the anthropology of Australia.